Silvanus Slaughter

Lyrics

Where’s the line between obsession and dark possession?
And who comes to save the day
to save your mind
and restore you to sanity?

You were my lesson:
I’d neglected in my youth
to discipline my youthful lust!

An image beckons
and promises desire will be fulfilled and magnified.
The serpent's smiling
and singing lies
that weds your flesh to my
transcendent bliss.

And my will is fading…
how I want this dream to be so real and never fade away!

Oh, don’t you know
we’ll get caught in that pain
From coveting a carnal relation?

Oh, can’t you see
these pictures hang in space
and we must learn to forsake
these wild attractions!

We trashed our caution
– we gave our hearts
to that bright image we had deified.

We gave it our bodies,
and then we gave it our minds.
How well TV had trained us
to forsake our souls.

Then came the big squeeze…
We were trapped inside a gleaming frame
leaking our own blood!

Oh, don’t you know
we’ll get caught in that pain
from coveting a wrong relation?

Oh, can’t you see
these pictures hang in space,
and we must learn to forsake
these wild attractions!

Oh, don’t you know we’ll get caught in that pain
from coveting a carnal relation?

Oh, can’t you see
these pictures hang in space
and we must learn to forsake
these wild attractions!